Baked Potato Soup Recipe | Barbara Bakes (2024)

Published by Melissa on January 1, 2019 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 31 Comments

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Potato Cheese Soup loaded with chunky potatoes, bacon, corn and two kinds of cheese. A hearty potato soup recipe to warm you up on a cold night. It’s comfort food at its best.

I love Marie Calendars potato cheese soup, and I have never found a potato soup recipe that I thought was better until now. Judy at Judy’s Kitchenposted her recipe for Baked Potato Soup and it’s so delicious. It tastes better than Marie’s soup, and it’s much lower in fat!

Also included in this post is a Recipe Round Up. I’ve joined a fun group of bloggers to put together a roundup of recipes on the first day of every month. This month we’re sharingComforting Soup Recipes.

I like to cook meatloaf and baked potatoes on Sunday and cook extra baked potatoes to make this soup later in the week. It works out great and make the soup so quick and easy to put together.

I changed up the recipe slightly. Judy’s recipe mashes some of the potatoes and adds it to the soup. I prefer the creaminess of the soup without the mashed potatoes. But either way works.

You can use fat-free half and half or regular half and half if you prefer a creamier soup. If you’re not familiar with half and half, it’s half milk and half cream.

If you don’t have time to bake the potatoes, I also have a Pressure Cooker Potato Cheese Soup recipe. It’s ready in just minutes when you make it in a pressure cooker / Instant Pot.

Either way you make it, everyone I know loves this potato soup. I’m sure your family will too.

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Baked Potato Soup

Cook Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course: Soup

Keyword: cooking, food, recipe

Ingredients

4 large baking potatoes
4 tablespoons butter
½ cup chopped onion
4 oz. Neufchatel cheese
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
2 14 oz. cans chicken broth
1 cup frozen corn
⅛ teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons dried parsley
1 pint regular or fat-free half and half
6 slices crisp-cooked bacon crumbled
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

Prick potatoes with a fork or knife. Bake in 400F oven for 1 hour or till potatoes are cooked through and soft inside; cool (I refrigeratored them for several days at this point).
Remove skins and cut potatoes into chunks; set aside.
In 2 or 3-quart heavy pot, saute the onions in butter over medium heat till transparent.
Add the Neufchatel cheese and stir until melted. Add the flour, salt and pepper.
Gradually add the chicken broth stirring continuously to make the mixture smooth.
Add potatoes, corn, parsley, and red pepper flakes. Stir, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 10-15 minutes to blend flavors.
Add half and half, crumbled bacon, and cheese and just heat through but do not bring to a boil.

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Carol
January 01, 2019 at 11:12 am

That looks delicious-perfect for a cold winter night. What a great idea making extra baked potatoes to have ready for the soup….perfect!
Happy New Year to you and your family…
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- Barbara Schieving
  January 01, 2019 at 2:17 pm
  
  Thanks so much Carol!
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Organic Baby
March 26, 2009 at 10:40 pm

I was racking my brains a while ago thinking what to prepare. Good thing I saw this, now I know what to prepare.
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curiousdomestic
March 24, 2009 at 12:10 am

That’s exactly the kind of soup I’ve been looking for. Thanks for sharing.
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Gabe's Girl
March 18, 2009 at 8:08 pm

First of all that soup looks amazing. My hubby would love it. Secondly, I am so happy for you and all your loot. I love the chair!!! I really enjoy your blog and your recipes. Have a wonderful day!
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Pomegranate
March 17, 2009 at 6:09 am

Thanks for sharing your recipe. This one looks very delicious
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Ralonda
March 12, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Great chair!
Congrats on your awards!
And… I’ve been wanting a recipe for Baked Potato Soup, and now I have one! YUM!
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Michelle
March 11, 2009 at 8:11 pm

I made this Monday night. It was so delicious! I haven’t posted yet…tonight. I took to work the leftovers and everyone raved!
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Jade
March 11, 2009 at 1:52 pm

Your soup looks soo goood. And what an amazing looking chair!
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Tami
March 10, 2009 at 3:47 am

MMM! The soup looks delicious. I love potato soup.
Congrats on your new chair and awards!!
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The Blonde Duck
March 09, 2009 at 8:13 pm

This looks divine! Congrats on all your awards! Maybe we’ll see more recipes now that you have a nice, comfy chair. 🙂
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